27 Delicious Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes Perfect for Holiday Season

It’s Thanksgiving morning. You wake up to delicious smells and lots of excitement, knowing your family and friends will gather around your table in only a few short hours.

So you scurry to the kitchen, put the coffee on, and begin to cook even more delicious foods.

However, you are most excited about your turkey. Why? Because turkey is usually the main focus of every Thanksgiving dinner.

But how will you top last year's turkey dish? How will you make the most delicious turkey that your friends and neighbors have ever had?

Well, this year I’m making it easy. I’ll be bringing you the internet’s best turkey recipes. Then you can scroll through them, decide which ones will knock your loved one’s socks off, and then get busy cooking.

So here we go:

Delicious Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes

1. Dry Brined Orange Rosemary Roasted Turkey

This turkey is definitely going to be one with bold flavors. It is dry brined meaning that you cover it in salt to draw all of the juice out.

Then the brine will actually use the turkeys own juices to break down meat and make it more tender and juicy. This sounds absolutely moist and delicious!

14. The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

But when they cut into it, perfection faded and so did the turkey because it dried out. Well, thanks to this recipe, you’ll hopefully dodge the ‘dry turkey’ experience and have a much more picturesque turkey to serve.

20. Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

I wish this recipe was around when I was a little girl because as I mentioned we usually just had the turkey breast. My poor mom would work herself silly in the kitchen over one meal.

Now, many people have come out with amazing crock pot techniques that save so much time and produce a tasty dish, like this one. My mother would’ve been so thankful for this recipe all those years ago.

23. Maple Glazed Turkey with Bacon and Sage Butter

This turkey had me asking myself, “Seriously?” This is everything you want, rolled into one awesome turkey!

So you have the bacon wrapped turkey that is glazed in delicious maple syrup. Then it is coated with sage butter and stuffed with delicious fruits and vegetables for added flavor. Welcome to Flavor Town, friends.

26. Super Moist Turkey

My mom always hated baking turkeys because she feared how dry they would turn out. If only the internet had been around then.

Now, we have these wonderful recipes that help us to overcome turkey dryness. This recipe uses a unique method of coating a turkey in herb butter and wine, then covering it in a cheesecloth. But apparently, it works!

So there you have it. You now have almost 30 different recipes to choose from when making your Thanksgiving turkey this year. You may want to start early and try a few out before you decide on ‘the one.’

But I’d like to know, do you have a go-to recipe or method for your turkey each year? If so, would you mind sharing it with our community? We all desire juicy turkeys and full bellies on Thanksgiving!

So leave us your thoughts (and recipes) in the comment section located below.